WVU wins the Orange Bowl, 70-33. They scored more than WVU’s basketball opponent this evening, Rutgers, who lost to the WVU hoops team 85-64.
I may not sleep tonight. And while some of you mock the Big East, WVU is 3-0 in the last three bowl appearances, winning the Sugar, Orange, and Fiesta Bowls, beating the SEC, Big 12, and ACC champs, and scoring a total of 156 points.
Suck it, haters. You don’t know what you are talking about.
flukebucket
And they got almost half of those total points tonight. It is far, far too late for me to try and convince you that the SEC is the superior conference. Anybody who believes otherwise would defend the rape of nuns.
MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson
I just don’t know what the world is coming to with all this Greenwaldesque sexual hate speech erupting everywhere in a frothy mix of rage and sporting bigotry.
Mark S.
That is pretty damned impressive.
orygunian
Congrats you old grump. I’m a Duck fan forever and winning the Rose Bowl was an incredible rush that got only better the next morning. I can relate.
MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson
@Mark S.:
Does this mean they end up with a super-sized bowl of orange juice?
John Cole
@flukebucket: You’ll get no argument from me. The SEC is hands down the best conference in football, almost semi-pro. My point is that WVU can hang and the Big East can put out good teams.
Anonymous At Work
How’d the LSU game go, Cole? ;)
Mike
WVU isn’t in the Big East anymore… or at least won’t be pretty soon…
smintheus
Which sport was this?
Mark S.
@MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson:
More like a big bowl of oranges.
Villago Delenda Est
@Mark S.:
I’m sure the WVU team will find those the sweetest oranges they’ve ever tasted.
handy
@MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson:
Man, none of that please.
Swishalicious
My best pal is a WVU alum and rabid fan, so I got into watching them during college circa 2003; while they’ve had their ups and downs, I have to say that the Mountaineers have routinely been the most exciting team to watch. Pat White and Steve Slaton were electric, Geno Smith is nasty, and Owen Schmitt used to gush blood from his helmet… even prior to him smashing it against his skull.
Roger Moore
In more important sporting news, the Indian bowlers were even more pathetic today than they were yesterday, failing to record a single wicket before Clarke showed some mercy and declared at 659-4. Australia has already picked up two wickets, so it’s looking as if it’ll be a moral victory for India to force the Aussies to bat again.
MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson
@Roger Moore:
I was a bit surprised Clarke didn’t just march on and get the 400 for himself. India look absolutely abject out there.
some guy
@John Cole:
maybe they can petition to join us in the SEC?
some guy
but beating Clemson by 36 points is very impressive. really really really chocolatey, as my son would say.
Nom de Plume
You mean bowl games actually mean anything anymore? I was under the impression that about 60% of Division IA teams went to bowls nowadays. One might look at that and conclude that bowl appearances are pretty much meaningless.
JR in WVa
It is a great day to be a Mountaineer!
My father often hosted his whole family at WVU bowl games, and we saw some great wins, like the Peach Bowl victory over South Carolina in a mud field in Atlanta, and some great losses, like the Fiesta Bowl when Notre Dame dislocated Major HArris’s shoulder.
But this is a wonderful night to be a West Virginian, even those of us who graduated from Marshall. I was inoculated with Blue and Gold as a very young boy, and attended MU because it was within driving distance. I always root for MU, and I always root for WVU.
I just hope Dana H. sticks with us, and that the transition to Big 12 Football goes smoothly.
Let’s GO, Mountaineers!
The Snarxist Formerly Known As Kryptik
Never, never, never leave WVU with a chip on their shoulder. They’ll fucking bury you if you do.
Lets face it, WVU’s been schizophrenic all year, and I hope to God and the Flying Spaghetti Monster himself that we improve our kicking game next year because damn, guys….but when they bang, THEY BANG. Even when we got blown out by LSU, we still managed to push their D in a way I can be bitterly proud of in retrospect.
Mark S.
@Nom de Plume:
BCS bowls are hardly meaningless.
Roger Moore
@MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson:
I guess that’s why he’s the captain, eh. He chose to do what was right for the team and go for the win rather than try to go for the scoring record.
sfinny
OT I got my Balloon Juice Calendar today at the office. Everyone was confused by my jubilation, although I did try to explain the whole blog/animal rescue/nice calendar thing. Cover is amazing, love the paw sucking cat, Bohdi plus friend, and the bunny. So tomorrow I will try to find a better hook than last year and screw it into the kitchen wall.
pseudonymous in nc
The very least you can say about WVU is that they’ve always gone to BCS bowls knowing that they have a point to prove to those who think (with good reason) that the Big East’s automatic berth is there to deprive a better team further west of a big night out. They never fail to show up, and this was the most lopsided bowl result of the year.
As for the cricket, Pup probably didn’t want to surpass the Don’s 334 against such filth; Hayden’s 380, the highest Australian Test innings, was against Zimbabwe, and it frankly looks embarrassing on the record books.
Mark S.
Cricket? George Washington must be spinning in his grave. We fought a war so we wouldn’t be subjected to these ridiculous English sports!
scarshapedstar
Who dat, geaux tigers, nuff said.
amk
saudi arabia’s abdullah issues a royal decree banning men from selling wimmins’ undies.
And the religious nuts do not want to see more women working outside the home.
Interesting times there.
MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson
@Roger Moore:
Well, they still have two whole days to go, so I doubt that Clarke getting the record would have cost them the game. Maybe he just felt embarrassed by the easy runs on offer? Or maybe he just wants Lara to keep the glory? Beats me.
MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson
@Mark S.:
I believe that historically cricket was more popular than baseball for most of the existence of the US.
pseudonymous in nc
@Mark S.:
True, but it’s not the one you’re thinking of. Read this and notice the date. (Also.)
amk
@Mark S.:
Cricket explained to an american
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in.
Each man that’s in the side that’s in goes out, and when he’s out, he comes in and the next man goes in until he’s out.
When they are all out, the side that’s out comes in and the side that’s been in, goes out and tries to get those coming in, out.
Sometimes you get men still in and not out.
When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out, try to get him out, and when he is out, he goes in and the next man in, goes out and goes in.
There are two men called umpires who stay all out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out.
When both sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game.
******
End of Lesson
Kola Noscopy
Wild game, especially since WVU was down so much in the beginning. Wow.
Tony
Congratulations on the biggest beat down I have ever seen! As an alum and fan of your cousins in Blacksburg, I wanted To cheer for Clemson so the ACC could have a good win, but all shit-talking aside, I really hate Clemson and actually really admire your football program. Once it became clear this would be an epic beat down that would wipe that smirk off Dabo’s face, I really started enjoying this game!
Jenny
Only the Ron Paul has the courage to return us to the Big East standard.
nalbar
Bragging about winning BCS bowl games is like puffing your chest out because your indentured servants can polish the silver faster than your neighbors.
Research what all ‘top’ colleges do to their injured athletes once the cameras are off. And there is no workmans compensation.
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Roger Moore
@MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson:
No. Baseball pretty thoroughly passed cricket in popularity by the late 1860s, which gives it more than 140 years as the solid leader. Unless you’re going to include pre-Revolutionary America in your definition of the USA, that gives baseball the solid edge. Even if you do, it’s not clear which game was more popular in pre-Revolutionary America, especially if you want to make arguments about town ball being a form of baseball.
Seanly
Not sure what went wrong with my Tigers tonight. Good win by WVU – they definitely outplayed Clemson.
MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson
@Roger Moore:
Let me tell you, son, that the Founding Fathers had a useful XI and if you had seen George Washington’s donkey droppers, we wouldn’t even be having this debate. Of course, they’ve gone and lost the record of my double century at Philadelphia, but I could tell you a thing or two about Aaron Burr’s tactics that would stand your hair on end.
Roger Moore
@MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson:
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia. Why is it always Philadelphia for you cricket people? I’ll tell you why, it’s because it’s the only place in America that anyone really took cricket seriously. What other city in America ever put together a first class cricket team, or even a halfway decent side of actual American born players? Nobody, that’s who. Outside of Philly, cricket has never been anything but a game for English immigrants.
MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson
@Roger Moore:
I still got my double ton there though. And yes, Aaron Burr was a malevolent swine with the new ball in hand. I wasn’t at all surprised when he shot Hamilton and attempted to become Emperor of Mexico. A man who gets that amount of swing on a cloudless day is clearly unscrupulous to the core.
Miss Kitkas's Comrade Wayne
@Roger Moore:
There are quite a few of us cricket fans who would disagree with you over this, Sahib.
Miss Kitkas's Comrade Wayne
@Miss Kitkas’s Comrade Wayne:
Oh never mind.
Villago Delenda Est
@MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson:
And pursued with fervor by Goldman Sachs and Citibank.
MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson
@Villago Delenda Est:
My God, you know the real Alexander Hamilton back story! I thought we’d eliminated the only people who knew the truth. Cthulhu is going to be seriously pissed. Who told you? Was it that French bastard Strauss-Kahn-Yog-Sothoth?
Calouste
@MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson:
Beats me too. Another hour or two and he would have had it in the bag. And it’s not like Aussies have ever been embarrassed to score easy runs before.
Redshift
@Roger Moore: As Warren Zevon once said, “This is a song about… Philadelphia.“
Villago Delenda Est
@MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson:
Close.
Zurich garden gnome whose family had been employed by the Fuggers and the Medicis.
MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson
@Villago Delenda Est:
It seems that Herr Gnome is overdue for a little enhanced “discussion” with a barrel of water, a board and some large hairy men. I shall call up Santorum’s campaign headquarters pronto.
The prophet Nostradumbass
Is anyone surprised that Keith Olbermann is in some sort of legal dispute with Current TV already?
Amir Khalid
@The prophet Nostradumbass:
Mr Olbermann sounds like a real problem child. Throwing tantrums like this is not good for his credibility as a political commentator.
Fucen Pneumatic Fuck Wrench Tarmal
what is this “big east” you speak of? i thought espn cancelled that show for limited ratings, and lack of plot development.
actually having grown up pitt, but having spent my teens mid-20s elsewhere, i am kind of glad the two schools will be in different conferences. the “rivalry” never meant much to me growing up, and seemed contrived for the big east expansion into football, once paterno and penn state no longer saw fit to make themselves available to suit that purpose.
Schlemizel
@John Cole:
So . . . they haven’t been caught yet? 8-{D
“90% of college teams abide by the NCAA regulations. The other 10% go to bowl games.”
– Bear Bryant
Rommie
The only meaningful game is on the 9th. The rest have turned into just a game on the schedule that you don’t know where, when, and who you’ll play before the season starts. And you get some (more?) pre-game swag than you do your other games.
Until the BCS CREAM-sickle is broken and they start doing March Madness x Eleventy, it’s all just an expensive Kabuki dance nowadays.
Congrats on the WVU win, though. Both Michigan B1G teams won, so I’m happy too.
low-tech cyclist
Speaking as a Gamecock fan, it’s always a good day when Clemson loses. And paired with the Gamecocks convincingly winning their bowl game over Nebraska, it’s a very happy New Year so far.
Emily68
The TV announcers said the South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley attended the game. I hope she had a good time.
fasteddie9318
By ”haters,” I hope we’re including the WVU administration, which thinks so highly of the Big East that they decided to move to the Big 12.
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
@John Cole:
Edited for accuracy.
lldoyle
As the Kenyan usurper was overheard saying in Ohio yesterday:
For there is naught to fear, the gang’s all here
So hail to West Virginia, hail!
flukebucket
Yes I think it is safe to say that the Coach of the Year got pantsed last night. I am a little concerned about what I am going to do tonight. There is not one football game of any kind coming on. The sun is setting on my favorite time of year and it is a hell of a long time until September rolls around again.
Special Patrol Group
I’m not one of those dudes who feels that this great nation desperately needs a National Division I College Football Playoff, but if it would mean that West By God would face Baylor, then I’m all in (also, too: Ari Fleischer is a BCS spokesdouche).
Go ‘Eers!!
The Ancient Randonneur
True dat. But … Joe Manchin is still your junior Senator.
Special Patrol Group
Also2, did anyone ever peg the WVU coach? He looks to me a great deal like a guy who’s always half a minute away from getting his arrogant ass kicked in a Roadhouse sequel (has there been one? shouldn’t there have been by now?). Or is he the jocky bad guy in a John Hughes movie? Or is he Giovanni Ribisi’s older brother, who years ago sold his soul working on Wall Street, but now lives in the Jersey burbs with his wife and two young children, quietly seeking redemption? I’d like to know.
Mark S.
@pseudonymous in nc:
Huh, that’s interesting.
Fucen Pneumatic Fuck Wrench Tarmal
@flukebucket:
best fantasy football team name i saw all year
“i saw dabo’s weenie”